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Lectures in Macroeconomics- Charles W. Upton Government Spending
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Our Objective This is a descriptive section. Here, we present some data on what the government actually spends.
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Government Spending Our Objective This is a descriptive section. Here, we present some data on what the government actually spends. The discussion revolves around graphs showing government spending, usually as a percentage of GDP.
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Government Spending Government Spending 1959-2003 As % of GDP
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Government Spending Government Spending 1959-2003 These data include both (a) government purchases of goods and services and (b) transfer payments
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Government Spending Govt. Consumption 1959-2003 As % of GDP
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Government Spending Govt. Consumption 1959-2003 This series is relatively constant.
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Government Spending Govt. Transfer Payments 1959-2003 As % of GDP
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Government Spending Govt. Transfer Payments 1959-2003 This series is not.
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Government Spending The Devil is in the Details Federal and State Breakdown Defense and non-defense spending
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Government Spending Federal Spending 1934-2003 As % of GDP
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Government Spending Federal Spending 1934-2003 Korea WW II
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Government Spending Federal Spending (1965-2003) This series is relatively constant. As % of GDP
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Government Spending Federal Non-Defense Spending (1965-2003) This series is not. As % of GDP
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Government Spending Federal Non-Defense Spending (1965-2003)
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Government Spending Defense Spending (1940-2003) As % of GDP
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Government Spending Defense Spending (1940-2003)
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Government Spending Defense Spending (1965-2003) As % of GDP
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Government Spending State and Local Consumption, 1960-2002 As % of GDP
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Government Spending State and Local Consumption, 1960-2002
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Government Spending State and Local Transfer Payments, 1960-2002 As % of GDP
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Government Spending State and Local Transfer Payments, 1960-2002
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Government Spending How the States Spend Education Other Welfare Roads % of State Spending for different purposes
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Government Spending State Spending on Education, 1953-2001 As % of GDP
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Government Spending State Spending on Roads, 1953-2001 As % of GDP
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Government Spending State Spending on Welfare, 1953-2001 As % of GDP
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Government Spending State Spending on Other, 1953-2001 As % of GDP
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Government Spending State Spending on Other, 1953-2001 As % of GDP Libraries, Hospitals, Health, Employment Security Administration, Veteran's Services, Air Transport, Water Transport and Terminals, Parking Facilities, Transit Subsidies, Police Protection, Fire Protection, Correction, Protective Inspection and Regulation, Sewerage, Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation, Housing and Community Development, Solid Waste Management, Financial Administration, Judicial and Legal, General Public Buildings, Other Government Administration, Interest on General Debt and General Expenditures
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Government Spending State vs. Federal, 1959-2002 Federal State This graph shows federally-funded state spending as both federal & state spending
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Government Spending State vs. Federal, 1959-2002 Federal State This graph shows federally-funded state spending as federal spending
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Government Spending % of State Spending Federally Financed
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Government Spending End ©2004 Charles W. Upton. All rights reserved Data are from Statistical Appendix of Economic Report of the President
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